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l HYDRAULIC DASHPOT Filed Aug. 13, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .Mzvzeys United States Patent O 'i HYDRAULIC DASHPOT James vI. Steibel, Racine, Wis., assigner to The Dunmore Company, Racine, Wis., acorporation of Wisconsin Application August 13, 1953, Serial No. 373,936 5Claims. ((11.2138--953 This invention relates Ito an improved-,hydraulic controlmeans, ofthe da'shfpot type-.suitable for use with a` machine tool,v andin'particulanto anr improved dash-- potfanddash pot assembly. l

The term dashpot assembly asused herein includesboth the dash pot and the parts associated-therewith by 7 meansof -which the dash'pot itselfimay be mounted for cooperation with the element to be controlledwthereby.

The invention is described herein as applied to 'an electrically driven drill having a pneumatic or hydraulic' feed, the controlled element being the drill spindle, or

the quill in which the spindle is mounted, but it is understood' that the invention is equally adapted for use in controlling the feed or movement of analogous elements of other types of automatic machines or machine tools,-

su'c'h, for example, 'as milling machines, surface grinders, L

connections, and in this connection, I have provided aY dash pot having' an improved valve and by-pass arrangement which are contained within the piston assembly,

rather thanin the cylinder wall, thus enabling me to provide a tluidV reservoir in the form of a concentric cylindrical chamber surrounding the dash pot cylinder. per se.'V

A further object is to provide a hydraulic control unit which can be very accurately controlled as to minimum r speed of its operative'stroke.

A ystill further object is to provide, ina hydraulic control "unit of' thel type indicated, an improved needle valve constructionbymeans of which the bypass'can be controlledand regulated with accuracy.

Whereasvthe usual needle valve alords sensitive control of aperture area', the accuracy of regulation varies widely from minimum aperture area to maximum aperture area'; the regulation is least accurate at minimum aperturev area.Y This characteristic renders it very difi cult'to set up a tool for a' minimum feeding rate, as in thel drilling ofy hard steels. According to the present invention, I provide a seriesV of separate valve needle' elements each havingan'- opening, or control bore, of different size; thus.' providing a: graduated series of minii rnumapertureV areas By selecting one or the` other of" these elements fori use@ in the-needle' valve structure, any` one of a series of predetermined minimum speeds,` or feeding.rates;` can be'l obtainedV with extreme; accuracy. Fori somewhat .greater speeds, which ccrrespcnd4 toaper'# tureiareaslwhichlcanbe regulated with greater accuracy, my: improved constructionprovides the ease-'vof4 adjusti 2,825,427 eafemeamr: 4,` 1958-? ICC ment and sensitivityoficontrollwhich ischaracteristic of the-standard type-of needlelvalve'; Thus,A I have provided a hydraulic controlswhichlisl especially Well `adaptedf-k for. use. in poweridrillsforf` the: reasonthat vbothflow2 and high feeding ratesnca'nfbe provided-with ease and withr accuracy.

Another object is to provide, in.'..a'tlxydraulic` control; improvedibypass:meanswhichare not subject to clogging at minimum aperturera'reas: In rthisi'conrrection, my 'ina' a; vention contemplates the'l provision -of a control port havl ing `arcircular cross.:V section Vin; combination .withf a tlter port of substantially? annular crosssectiomthusprovidinglow resistance ltering means:

A further Objectis to provideadashpotlembo'dying improved lteringfmeans -to therend-thattvalveA wearn'a/yfr be-substantially reduced.

Stillanother objectlisfto p rovidean improved?ballastI ing means for.l a dashwpot:`

A still further object is toprovide a hydraulicicontrol.Y unitA which embodies novels and-improved. means-to provide a lost motion connectienbetween. the vclash pot andi thev controlled elementw As'applied to amachine-r tool, such aaunit permits the toolto be advanced rapidlyftof thework after which the feedlis-controlledI byk the dash-A pot.

Heretofore. thev longitudinal dimension of thedashzpotv assembly has. had toy bey suicient to accommodate the'v dashV potcylindenthe length of the piston. stroke,v and: the additional movement: of thefl parts which: is' providedby the lost motion connection; In other words, the over-- all length dimension is equal, roughly, to" the: cylinder length, the-stroke length,r and the lostmotion movement.

Another object ofth'e present inventionis to, provideY a dash pot assembly offreduced over-all length'. Accord ing to the' present invention, the parts are arrangedfvini such a manner that th'e: over-all length: dimension` isi equal, roughly, to, the sumonly ofthe stroke movement1 and of the lost motion movement. This is accomplished by mountingjth'e dash potsofth'at the. pistonvisfstationaryY and the cylinder moves, and'in -constructing the cylinder in'sucha manner as to provide alost motion connection` between the cylinder and the spindle orother part,the movement of' which is to be controlled.

By providing a self-'contained dash pot unit which requiresn'o outside connection, I am thusv enabled to mount-1 the cylinder for. movement with respecty toa stationary piston and other stationary parts'of` the assembly.

Other objects; features and advantages will become apparent as' the-description proceeds.

With reference' now to the drawings in which like reference numerals designate like parts:

Fig; l is" a longitudinal axial section showing a pre fen'edv embodiment ofl myA invention;

Fig.` 2l is'an enlarged'longitudinalsection taken along:

' lineZ-Z of Fig, l;

Fig: 3` is a transverse section taken alongV line 3-3 ofv Fig: 2;

Fig.' 4is-an elevation showing the dash potassembly,1 and'showing the manner in which the. unit isfmountetl` and connected' with'. the controlled element, and

Fig; 5 is'a vertical section taken along line 5 5 of Fig: 4.

With reference now tofliig.` l, the dash pot unit com-- prises' a body member Itiin which is mounted a cylinder- 181 Disposed within saidcylinder and cooperatingtherewithW is `a piston 25`which divides the interior Ztl-ofthe' cylinder`v 18 into rear andfront expansible chambers 20ev andZtLV respectively. The pistonZS is. slidablymounted'on' apiiston stem22 the cylinder. 18,.and body member iii beingrelatively movablewith respect to the-piston stem 22,1and vice-versa. Theiow of uidthroughffthe bypassfrom' chamber Za to chamber 2Gb is controlled Y ment of the bodyto theA left, `from the'V position byea needlesvalvecarried vin the piston stem V22, and which includes a separate valve needle element 36.VY .The structure of the cylinder 18 Vandthe Vboclryrmember 10 will now be described. Y

' iTh'e body-member tlis a generally cylindrical Velev ment; the jeXternal'surface of which maybe formed with a screw thread 11. s The body is `providedfwith" an.inner bore surface'l. and a counterbor'e surface i3, the latter being provided at the'rearV end withY screw threads 14.-

A rearVA end member l closes the rear end of the cylinder and;'engageszthe',threadsV 14. t y

Thefront end 'ofY the bore surface 12 isV provided with threadslt to accommodate a front end membersli which closes the frontend ofthe body memberk 10.-'

.i The cylinder 18 is inthe formofa hard drawnv brass l Y' tube, the front endofv which ispress-fitted intoltheinner Y bore surface 12 of the body/V10, and the rear end YofY which isp'ressffitted into-a bore surface 19 in the rear endV YmemberV'1E ',:tlieborevsurfaces 12 and.1v9 vserving to main- `taifn'the cylinder member 18 is round. 'huSQthefcyl-V i indergmemberrl' dividesV the interiorrofthe Vbody 10 .Y Y

iriderV ehar'n'berA or reservoir'v 21. i

into afmain cylinder chamber 20 anda concentric'cyl- Thefpist'onstem 22 Yextends tltnoughfthejendfntlemfY bers ISfandl'l Yand isnmountedV for sliding rt'lovenientV therein; Suitableliquidseals 23 are. providedas shown.

2,835,427 Y- Y, 1 Y.

Y 'is confined betweenthatvalve stem-and the endY shoulder 32, substantially as shown in Fig. 1.Y VAs shown inPigs'. l

and 2, the valve Vneedle Velement 376 is a Ymore or less cylindrical element with a tapered rear end, and'isfpro-- s vided with a small bore, or control bore 37 which opens Y into a counterbore 38 of Vsubstantially largerdimensions..` As shown in Fig. 3, the valve needle 'element,isjpro'vid,edr'r` with slabbedslides 39 `which cooperate withkthe surface or" the counterbore Salto form"'longitudinal,pasagewaysV Transverse passagewaysftt) are formed in,VY the valve needle element 'and provide communication "between the counterbore 38 thereof and theV aforesaid longitudinal( K passagewaysrsifi. a e f This pistori stem'is provided with Va flange l24, Vand theVVV Y Y piston .isslidably mounted onf the piston stern adjacent the ange '24. Vlt'will/be Yobserve/cl that there is a slight Y Y clearanc'evbetween the piston stem 22 andthe pistonZS, sofas to Vpro'vid'ewhat might be'termed a oating mov'e`` Y ment ofthepistonwith respect Ytothe stem. z This free longitudinal'movement ofthe lpist'onr is confinedin one jdirectionby Va'sr'ip ring 26 -and in the other direction Y.Both the check'va'lve and the bypass are located within therpiston assembly, rather than Vin the cylinder wall, so

as to permit the utilization of ordinarytubing for theY1 s cylinder '118.V ,The,advantageY of this construction is ,that Y1t' avoids machining, since the hard drawnbrasrs tubing s providesa very satisfactory cylinder wall.

VThe checkjcomprises the'piston 25, the ange 24,androe orY morevents27 which Yare formed in the 'piston VVVVFIhe flange l24Y overlies fthe vents 27, and the arrangement Yis sueh thatstherfree longitudinal movement of the piston with respect tofthe piston stem'22 Vis utilized tc'rprovideY the usual rcheckvalve acti`on.V i

Y Assuming Ythat the dash ipotV is so Vrn'ou'nted Vthat the Y', stem 22Arisestationaryandthe body is movable, movement of. the body to fthetright, fromlthe position shown. in

The' rear end portion ofY the valve jsternll Visorf redueeld dimensions tc'provide a c'hamber'41 which c'orn-v 'Y municates with the longitudinalipassag'eways 44. Trans'- Y verscrpassageways 42 are formed,V inthe pistonV stem 22 which. provides communication between therchamber, 41'.;

aridfthe right-,end of Vthe .cylinder chamber 20'.,V ,"l`rans Y versevp,ass'a'geways'43V are formed in the piston stem 22fat,` 'aVV point rearwardly of theflangeV *24.* These passageways intersectthebore. Thus, communicationgbetween'the rearlandY front portions-of the main ,cylinder l,chambei'iZll s is provided-by theyarious yriassageways, bores and cham-VK bersidentiled by YthereferenceYnumerals `43, 60, 37, traer, 4r auriez.` f K. Vg V he smallest of these openingssis the controljbore 32 s itisthc ross,sectionalfareaof` this bore"that;determinesfV l he., u

therninirnum speedjro'fr the` operative stroke;when,V separate' valve needle elementl i'shelduirmly a the end shoulderft2l bythefvalye Ystern 33', 1 v

Different` minimumj Aspeedsvjcan be,obtainedsby-Q'snbsof v tution Yof4 different valveA 'needle Vciernentslhaving' control Y f bores Vof different diameters. l k i Y Speeds greater than the minimum 'speed can `bejo'btained byrloos'ening the'regulatingscrew.3245whichcaiseeAk Y the pressure in vthe rear eind ofthe Vcylinderto urgeYV the .s valve *needle elementl forwardly to VprovideV aclear'anv between the taperedfront'surface' thereof and vthe Ycornel,V Y

edge*l definedV by the'inters'ection ofthe control, bore V37' and the end shoulder 32. Thus, Ythe Ypassage'way Vaiordecl; k by the control bore maybe lay-passed either in wholel or impart, sinceV the hydrauliciluid will flow directly fromV itle bore 3b intokthe longitudinal,passageways'44. The

tapered frontjend'of thevalyefneedle element isfrn'ei'j` erablyV of, smaller 'diameter than-the bore goodvalve seat willgbe provided.

Y Y *Fromthe'foregoing it willbeseenthatwhen'the'kpiston Figgl, canbentermed theoperative stroke, Vand movef in Fig 1, Vcan be` termed `the 'return stroke,

28-/is provided betweenV the piston Y2 5 and'thecylinderlS. Relative movement of the bodyV and cylinder with respect to thev piston onthe operative stroke is controlledVK byY the by-pass means which; asindicated above, is dis- Vposedwithin jthe piston Vs'ternj23a.l The Vby-'pas's com#Y prises'k a series of passageways, bores'andrcharnbers, and

, alsof-includes a needle valve, which will nowVbe'described.V

Thief-piston s'temsisY provided with Ya bore 30 .and a coiinterborek Slalthe lattersrprovidingjan end shoulder; 32.v i Disposed within thecounterbore 312isV a ,valve VsternV 'jwhich'zis Vheld in placeibyla'regulatiug'sscrew 34 hav- Y filng a knul-led lleadtrYY The separate valve needle ele-Y Y'ment 36 is" (disposed ,forwardly ofthe Vvalve stem r33 and shownY ofthe filter ring gis ye'ryfclosely controlledavitlrrges ct to. the. outer diameterpf'lthe piston Yring '2 2 at-that Egoin Vsterng'is maintainedst'ationary andthe body ii'shifted Y forwardly or ,toY vthe right as shown in Figfl, the, rate of Y movement can be'very closely controlled.' fOnY the' other'fg*Y han/d,Y when the :body is shifted rearwardly,the.v pisto'nZS isldisplac'edj forwardlyA againstthe snap ring 1267 with the movementof theparts on the. returr'r,stroke;v t e Y result'that" there is relatively lli-ttle.V resistanceY toiY relative Y Meansare" provided .to prevent'fcloggl,grQl` lilter'riugYV 46 whiclrsu'rroundsfthe piston-T stem `2 2 t pointioppositelthe -trtansve'rsrer-passageways31;l theY ,s ring being connedbetweenfthe snapring zand A,aecLolllvd f snapringATasshownlin Figari.. ',he'internal diamet f For: instance with Y a` ,control bore diameterzof G33 inch Y s. l Y( maintained '.002 inch gre'aterthan ,the radiusV of the piston stem-'22;` Thus, 'theImznrirnumV` clearance.betweenthe filter ring( and the pistonjstemv will be :O64 inch' which s. Y Y clearance is only one-haifthesdiameter ofthev controlf` Y V,It is not necessery tofprovider,correspondingfiilterijlg.lv .s 1 Ymeans forwardly o f thiei pistomsnce: during` the, return^` str okopractically alljpf the Yfluidwill Vpass,'throughrtlie vents Vand thereforthffre istVerylittlejlikelihoo'cf 0f 'e s s l Gg/13.71 'el 'borefbydmpurities or solid particlesvvhigrlnmay:beV su rpended in theiiydraulic i'rid.` This means com any particlsbecoming' f lodged intlieVv controlI boreifi aJ return-stroke .RSC'VFV mEn'S; ae p'i'ljvide'di ti maintain; the main' cylinder chamber'Zllfixllof theiliydraulicidj this reservoir means including the reservoir andi4 an annular piston 5(9"which isdisposedtlierein.Y .Ai-suitable sealing ringSl isprovidedforthepistonSi): The rearlsurface ofthe piston'fStl/is providedwith a grooveV which receives a spring 53, the la'tterv being confined" between'the piston 5t? and therearendmember' 155 Thus, a ballast pressure is maintainedfonall-of theii'luid in'the system. Communication is providedibetweenthe reservoirffl and the main cylinderchamber" 2l) 'by means of'- a slot-54formed inthe front edge ofthe cylinder member'- 18, the body' member ltlbeing provided with aniin'termediate counterbore 55 which provides'a passagewaycommunicating with the slot 54.

To permit theV device to be lled, a-passageway 56 is provided in the front end'member 17,-the passageway terminating in asuitable tting 57T sothat'` Huid under pressure' may be forced into-the maincylinder chamber" and theA reservoir 21- againstl thel pressure of thev ballast spring'i.y Any air in the system maybe vented, during the filling' operation, by means 'ofi the vent passageway SS'formed'in'tl-te rearendmember- 15; a-'nd'by the vent 60-formed in the bodyY member 10S The vent'passageway 58 is normallyl closed by a vent screwl59'and'asuitable sealing washer. The-screwV` is loosenedduring the lilling operation untilall air isy ventedifrom themain cylinder chamber 20,- afterwhich itis 4tightened to close the vent. Continued supply-of fluid under pressureto the system throughthe tting' will-cause displacement-of the annularFl piston until'such'tiriie asthevent Gil-*is* exposed, thus causingany air in the' reservoir to be vented.

The dash pot assembly'includingthe preferred mannerofv mounting the same so-as toob'tain av lost motion connection between'the dash potunit andthe controlled element, is shown 'in Figs; 4and`5; The'controlledelement may be in the form offa sleeve'or quill 65 in whichla drill spindle 66 isrotatably mcunted'by suitable bearings, not shown. The sleeve and f spindle Yare-mou'ntedV for recipro-` cation in-a suitable structuralpart 67`of the machine in whichV the hydraulic control is installed The-reference numeral 68 designates another structural part of the machine or special mounting plate, which is spacedffr'om the structural part't57.` AsshownV in'Fig.- l' the rear end of piston stem 22 is provided with a'tappedfbolre 69which is adapted to receive a bolt 7G; The bolt` 70 passes through the part 68 and-thus serves as a'means by V which thepiston stem 2'2`may be-secured to the part-68 andfthus serves as al means by which the pistonstem 225 may be secured to the part 68-and supported therefrom. Thus, the piston stern is mounted in a tixed and stationary position; since the body member 1G and its associated parts are slidably mounted on the'ipiston stem, the-whole dash pot unit is therefore-supportedby bolt 70.

The lostv motion connection between thecon'trolled element 65 and the body memberl() is'provided by al yoke 71 which is carried by the controlled'ele'ment'o and by split nuts 72 andVV 73V whichl are mounted onv the' body' member 10.

The yoke may be secured to the controlled element 65 in any suitable manner; as shownY inFig-bS, the yoke Yis in the form of a plate which is provided with a circular opening '74 through which the sleeve 65ext'end`s. p A s /uitable clarnp 75 secures the parts* t`o` eachother iiixred relationship, vand snap rings, notV shown, may also be employed, if desired.-

The yoke 71 may also be cutaway, as indicated by the reference numeral 76 so as to" provide diametrically opposed shoulders 77 which embrace the body member 10. Of course, clearancev isi provided-between'the yoke and the body member' to permit relative axial movement of the parts; butV this movelrieentY` is'limited by. tlie-split 6 nuts-72; and `73:A 'ninna lest motionwonnectioneisfprdf vided-betweenthel yoke 71 andthe body* member 10g-i which! isv` limited' in 11 extent'I by the' spacing between' the nuts 72 and 73. The advantage of providingtbreadedi nuts and of providing threads 71'on -th'e `body member' 10V is that-a very iineadjustment-can'be made of-'the spacing: between the nuts; however, where this refinement isnot' desired, ordinary clamp rings canbe utilized which will cooperate with a smooth surfaced 'body member 10. In@ order to maintain the nuts-inixedlposition, I prefer to; employ snlitnutsr'which embody clamp screws-79@ A guidero'dV 80 may preferably be mountedbetweenA the parts 67: and- 68,5 which' cooperates with a'v slot" 81- formed in Vthe yoke 71 to maintain thedesired'clearance` between the yoke71 andthebodyniember103. The yoke may also beV provided with'an adjustable stop screwy 32`wh'ichcan be lockedin a given positionv by a jam-nutY 83 in' order to'limitfthef stroke of the dash pot.' The* stop screw 821abuts the structural/partv 457i to limit the movement ofthe body member 10iV and-'the controlledelement 65. However, suitable limit switches, notshown, may be provided, which are engaged by a stop' screw 82orby" the yoke 711,--to shutoi or to initiate the pneumatic or hydraulic feed' for the controlled element 65E` lnorderY to" avoid! undue ilexural stress of'the'pistonv stem 22, a bracketl84may be provided'to support the front end thereof, when the parts are mounted in hori' zontalposition, assho'wn. This may-be dispensed withv when the dash pot is-suspended vertically from the struc-` tural part'68.

In`operation',the daslrpot unitfis mounted so that the pistoni stem 22v isY stationary and the body member 10* is yfree4 to 'movewith'characte'ristic dash pot actionythat is, with controlled forward frnovement, and with relatively free! rearward movement; However, theY spacing bei tween the nuts 72 and`73 permits a certain amountofv lostfmotion oithecontrolled "element with-respect'to the dash pot. In other words, the nuts` 72 and '73 are set to providev the desired amount of' lostmotion, and the" stop screw is setto control the length' of the operativef Tosummarize the'operation of the device as a whole, in setting up the tool or other device in which the dashV pot` isinstalled, the properY valve needleV element 36, thev control bore Y37 of which corresponds to the minimum speed desired,` is rst selected, and' is positioned withinV the counterbore 31V. Thenv the valve stem 33 and the regulating screw 34 are inserted' into the counterboreY andtheV regulating screw tightened up so that the valve needle element will be seated'upon the valve seat 312i Then, if lost motion isV desired, the nutsV 72 and73 are set accordingly; if lost motion is not' desired, they are tightened up against the opposite sides of` the'Y yoke- 7l. The stop screw 82 is also adjusted as indicated abovefor the desired stroke length.

In the` retracted position of the controlled elementGEg the yoke 71Iwi11 bepositioned adjacent' the nut'72.` A`s l the feeding means is actuated, the controlled' element'Sf will move freely to the' right until theyoke 76 engages the nut 73; then the body member l'will be displaced to the right by a force exerted thereon by theyoke" 71. However, the movement of the controlled'elementf 65 will be checked by the dash pot action with the result? that the speed or rate of feed will be controlled until suchl time as' the stop screw'SZ abuts the part 67` or' a' suit= able limit switch.

This controlled motion is obtained by the' pressure' The arrangement shown provides aver accurate control of the minimum. speed; as anfexamplegthat the return stroke vwill be rapid. Y

Y Y 7 Y Y Y 'as applied itoapneurnatic feed electric drill, I nd'thatiV rarrminimum speed ofY three inches per minutegcanV be obtaln/ed with avariation 'of only plus or minusV one-half' WhenA 'a somewhat greater speed isk desired, or,A for instance in drilling softer steels, theV aperture area can be Vincreased by loosening the regulating screw 34.

As theV controlled element 65 returns to itsoriginal position, the lost motion between YtheV yoke-71V andthel nut 72 and 73 will first be taken up, fter whichVV the dash poteunit will be actuatedfinits return stroke. On

Y 1 the return stroke the fluid pressure in chamber'20b will cause thercheck valve 27-24 toeopen withthe result By virtueV of the reservoir 21 and the ballastingmeans 50%53, the hydraulic Huid is always maintained under lil VArrhydraulicV control'comprising, `aV body fniember Y and end members cooperating therewith to providel aj hollow cylindrical'structure, a' tubularjmember `disposed Ywithin said hollow cylindrical structure,i`saidend meml bers being formedto provide seats Vfor thefenlds Vof'said Y tubularrmermber, said tubular, member dividing thefni terior of saide'liollowA cylindrical structure into VVaV cylin:V drlcal chamber and an annular reservoir Ychamber Ysur-v arear expansible chamber, a check valve locatedjron said sible chamber, thus providing an operatingQstrokefof Y rounding'theisame, pistonmeans disposed Vwithin 'saidv Vtubular member andcooperating therewithY tvodividegl 1 the interior thereof intoja front expansible chamberY and piston means to provide substantially free flow'iof-ahy-VV 35 controlled'speed, means providing unimpeded communi- A /cation between said reservoir chamberV andjoneiofesaid n j expansibleY chambers, an annular piston YdiSpo'sed'within 4 lsaid` reservoir chamber, andrspring loading'means. dis-V Vposed:withinj,saidV reservoir chamber 'andV 'behind'saidi l b'y-pas'srmeans' located in 'said piston means,'said;piston means including a VpistonV stern extending through said aperturevpermtsipassaeeo Huid fhefethrguahwhenad piston member isdisplaced in theopposite directionwith; respect'to said flange,vn Y

3'.' AV hydraulic.Y control g comprising means 'providingV aVV Vclosed cylinder hambenfpiston vmeansrdisposed within:

saidcylinder :chamber and 'includingra check valve,rand1 by-pass means located in said piston meanssaid piston means including a piston Ystem extending Ythrough said closed cylinder chamber vand beyond Vthe ends'thereof, and said by-pass means including a needle valve disposedV within said piston stem, a valveV seat therefor, said needle valve comprising a valve stem andaseparate needle Velement disposed within said piston nstem and coniinedY f against said .ivalye seat by said valve stem; said needle f element being provided with a'control borre to provide aY minimum area aperture whichuco'rresponds to'a'minimum i Y rate of advanceof said pistononitsoperative stroke, and said valve means includingla regulating screw for regulating the clearance between said valve Vneedleelement and its seatrso as to providefor greater rates of advane, said by-pass means also including a transverse bore located in said piston stem, in combination witha loosely mounted t iilter ringsurrounding'said pistonstem at a point'op'fV Y posite said ltransverse, bore, the maximumeclearance lie-S VtweenV said lter'ringand said piston stem beingles's than the'dia/meter of said control borre.: Y Y Y' 4. A hydraulic control comprising means providing aY closed cylinder chamber,V piston means disposed,"JvithinYV Y said cylinder'chamber andiincluding agcheclr valve, and'VV *Y vby-pass means located in saidY pistonV means, said piston; means including a piston stern extendingY through said. closed cylinder chamber and beyondY the ends tl1erepf,V vand said by-pass means including a needle'valve disposed e e within said piston stem, a'valve seat therefor, said needle valve comprising Ya valve stem and a separate needle ele-V ment disposed within said piston stemrand confined against' said valverseatr by said valve stem, said needle'element f' f being provided with a control bore to provide a minimum area aperture whichgcorresponds toa minimum rate ofV l f advance of said piston on its operative stroke, andsaaid jvalve means including a regulating screw for regulating theV clearancerbetween said .valve needle element audits i y seat so as to providerV for greater rates. of advance, Vmeans Y providing an annular reservoir VchambersurroundingsaidV closed cylinder chamber and Ycommunicating therewith,

' and a spring-loaded annular piston disposed within saidVVV annular reservoir chamber for maintaining a uiddisyi posed in closed cylinder *chamber under asubstantially `Yconstant pressure to prevent the formation of airV bubbles'.

' 5.9A self-contained dash pot unit comprising asta-1 tionary piston stem, arcylindrical'body member slidahly Y mounted on said piston stem, the externalY surfaceY of said closedV cylinder chamber and beyond the ends thereof, and Y kfsaidYby-pass means including'ea' needle Yvalve disposed withinV saidV pistonV stem, a valve seattherefor, said needle fvalve comprising a valve stem arida' separate needleele ment` disposed within saidpiston stem and .coniinedjag'inst Y, A '.Qsaid valve seatY byV saidvalve stem, saidV needle element fr j 1 ',being'p'rovided with arconti'ol'V bore to provide'a miniminnf area'apertureV which correspondsto Yarminimnrn Vra'tezofit Y Y i'advanceof saidvpistonon its operative stroke,y and'said ,if valve 'means including 'aY regulating screwY for regulating" fth'efclearance'between'rsaid valve needle `element andjits'i seat soas Vtofprovide forY greater rates of advance,` sa fr n' piston stem beingprovided with a flange, andAV said cheelrjfo valveV also including a piston member lsurrounding Yandl 'n slidably mounted on said *pistonV stemY adjacentltosaid body member being threaded, a pair of nuts engaging said I threaded cylindrical` member Vto provide a lostjmotion Ycon-YV nection between theVY same and a controlled element,V said!VVV it cylindrical bodyniemberproviding a'closed cylindrical;V chamber and anY annular reservoirichamber surrounding Y the sameisaidrpiston stemeXtending through said cylirrY l dcallchamber and beyond thefends of said cylindrical Y body member, vand'being provided at aspoint within Vsaid'VY cylindricalchamber with two radially rextendingmembersg,

one'of said members being aflxed to said piston stem, Yand*V1 i Ythe other:of'said'members' being slidablymountedV ori-fV 1 saidgpistongstern'adjacent' said fixed member, one of `saidY members being provided with a port and cooperating with a theother o r' sain memeers'to provide a checa valve, .and i one of said members extending to the Ywall` of said cylin-k 1 Y der chamber Vand serving `asa piston, by-passr'meansflocated within said piston stemrtorprovide' ahy-pass aroundeaid Y piston, said by=pass means including arrvalVe-needleYf-elef Vment havinga control vgbore, to provide Va Vminimumfaperi-` ton memberfjs urged agains'tfY said tlange by the pressure of said fluid, and whereby'saidY V' ilange, saidpistonmember being' provided"withiantaper-"4V ture, and said flangeY overlapping said aperture', soV fthfat Y Yture area, `a ltenring surroundingsaid pistonvstem'vatlea i Y 2;,- the passage of'uid said aperture will beblocked ijfpront adjacent thiintalri offs'aid ,by-'passemeang anda .Y

spring-biased annular piston disposed in said reservoir chamber so that a hydraulic uid contained within said cylinder chamber will be maintained under substantially constant pressure.

Canet July 14, 1891 Flentje May 28, 1918 10 10 Norton Nov. 24, 1931 Waninger May 31, 1932 Stilling Feb. 25, 1936 Shai Nov. 3, 1953 Kanuch Nov. 10, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Nov. 28, 1949 

